Linking biodiversity, ecosystem function, and Nature's contributions to people: a macroecological energy flux perspective.
Trends Ecol Evol
; 39(5): 427-434, 2024 May.
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| ID: mdl-38310065
ABSTRACT
At macroecological scales, the provision of Nature's contributions to people (NCP) is mostly estimated with biophysical information, ignoring the ecological processes underlying them. This hinders our ability to properly quantify the impact of declining biodiversity and the provision of NCP. Here, we propose a framework that combines local-scale food web energy flux approaches and large-scale biodiversity models to evaluate ecosystem functions and flux-related NCP at extensive spatiotemporal scales. Importantly, this approach has the potential to upscale ecosystem functions, assess the vulnerability of flux-related NCP to the climate crisis, and support the development of multiscale mitigation policies.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Ecosystem
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Biodiversity
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Trends Ecol Evol
Year:
2024
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Article